Thanks to the Discovery Channel (Miracle Planet) and Pink Floyd - Great Gig in the Sky.
19367 Pink Floyd is an asteroid that has been named in honor of the English musical group Pink Floyd. It was discovered on December 3rd 1997. There is little information on the physical properties of 19367 Pink Floyd. Its diameter remains uncertain; range of 3 to 6 km is probable.19367 Pink Floyd's maximum brightness is estimated to be 1/14958 of the brightness of the faintest objects that can be seen with the human eye.The asteroid's name is unusual in that it is expressed as two words, instead of "Pinkfloyd" which is the format used by most other minor planets named for individuals or groups (although the asteroid named for the Rolling Stones is also expressed as two words).
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